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Until this point in The Buccaneers, 16-year-old Nan St. George has been its heroine. Thereafter she shares the limelight with her governess, a cool, prim, middle-aged Englishwoman named Laura Testvalley. Laura decides that, since the girls have no chance in Manhattan, they may succeed in London. Their London triumph is so complete it almost destroys them. Nan becomes the Duchess of Tintagel, discovers that she does not love her husband, falls in love with a young widower, calls her former governess for help. But in the heady sequence of brilliant marriages, Miss Testvalley has also recovered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Last Novel | 9/26/1938 | See Source »

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